Fu Yuan was bewildered by Yu Xia's gaze and was about to speak when Yun Tangyin suddenly chuckled, "Second sister-in-law, have you lost your mind from all the commotion? Eldest brother and sister-in-law... are the eldest son and daughter-in-law of the Fu family, and they've lived in the courtyard for over ten years. What kind of behavior is it to search their house?"
Jiang Jianhua stopped his tantrum, and Fu Yuanshan immediately chimed in: "That makes sense, but if sister-in-law isn't hiding anything, what's wrong with letting everyone see? Everyone knows that my brother and I aren't biologically related to the Fu family, but we're closer than blood relatives. If you only search me, people might say you're being biased."
"Favoritism?" Yun Tangyin fiddled with the jade bracelet on her wrist. "Second Brother, that's a novel way of putting it. When you were greedy for money, why didn't you say you were favoritism? When you stole and sold the old vase, why didn't you say you were favoritism? Now you suddenly want to treat everyone equally?"
Fu Yuanshan's face turned pale instantly, but Jiang Jianhua still tried to argue: "That's all in the past! We're talking about Yu Xia hiding things! We have to make her hand them over!"
"Whether or not something is hidden is not for you to decide." Yun Tangyin turned to Yu Xia: "If you have nothing to hide, let them search. If they don't find anything, then your second sister-in-law will have to apologize to you."
Yu Xia gritted her teeth, extremely nervous: "Search then! I want to see what they can find!"
Yu Xia's mind was racing, trying to figure out how to explain the job posting that had been dug up without offending Yun Tangyin.
Just as Fu Yuan was about to open the door, Jiang Jianhua suddenly shouted, "Wait! We need to have your sister-in-law search with us, in case you two conspire to hide things!"
Yun Tangyin raised an eyebrow: "Okay, I'll come along. But let me make this clear beforehand: if we don't find anything, Second Sister-in-law, you'll have to take back what you said earlier about Big Brother slandering your family behind your back, in front of everyone."
Jiang Jianhua felt uneasy, but Fu Yuanshan gave him a push: "Search then! Who's afraid of who?"
As soon as the group entered Yu Xia's house, Jiang Jianhua went straight to the drawer. Just as he was about to reach in, Fu Yuanzheng stopped him, saying, "How can you let outsiders rummage through your drawers? I'll do it myself."
Fu Yuanzheng closed his eyes, resignedly took out the key and opened the drawer. Inside, apart from the account book and a few coins, there was nothing of the stolen goods that Jiang Jianhua had mentioned.
Yu Xia was stunned, and so was Fu Yuanzheng.
The couple exchanged a glance, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.
Where's the job posting?
Is there even a question?
Yun Tangyin had already stored the paper in her Taobao space before entering the room.
How could Jiang Jianhua still find her in her online space?
Yun Tangyin did this in order to do Yu Xia a favor in a logical way, so that Yu Xia would have fewer crooked thoughts in the future.
"How is that possible?" Jiang Jianhua peered into the drawer from the edge, groping around as if there were some kind of mechanism inside.
Finding nothing, she widened her eyes and exclaimed, "You must have hidden it somewhere else!"
"Where else are you going to search?" Although Yu Xia didn't understand, she still straightened her back: "Under the bed? In the closet? Do you want me to lift up the mattress and show you?"
Fu Yuanshan suddenly pointed at Yu Xia's pocket: "What's in your pocket? Take it out and let me see!"
Yu Xia trembled at his shout and instinctively covered her pocket, but her fingertips touched nothing. There was nothing in her pocket. What was she afraid of?
"What could I possibly have in my pockets?" Yu Xia took a deep breath, straightened her back, and turned her pockets inside out: "Look for yourself!"
The empty cloth bag dangled in front of Jiang Jianhua. She stared blankly for a long time, then glared at Fu Yuanshan with hatred.
Then, at Fu Yuanshan's prompting, Jiang Jianhua suddenly lunged at Fu Yuanzheng: "You must have hidden it! Where did you hide it?"
Fu Yuanzheng shoved her away: "Jiang Jianhua! Haven't you made enough of a scene? We've searched and looked, what's the problem? If you keep making trouble, don't blame me for being impolite!"
Yun Tangyin spoke up at the right moment: "Second sister-in-law, if you have nowhere else to search, you should keep your promise, right? You need to make things clear about what you said about eldest brother earlier."
Jiang Jianhua's face turned a deep purplish-red, and she clenched her fists, refusing to speak. Fu Yuanshan tugged at her arm: "Apologize now!"
"No!" Jiang Jianhua suddenly pointed at Yun Tangyin, "It was you! You helped them hide the things! You've disliked us for a long time and deliberately sided with them!"
"Me, take sides?" Yun Tangyin laughed. "When we were searching the house just now, your eyes were wide open, like saucers. If I were hiding something, would I have escaped your notice? Besides, why would I bother? You haven't even paid back the money you owe the Fu family yet. Why would I bother?"
Yun Tangyin crossed her arms, a smile on her face.
These words struck a nerve with Fu Yuanshan, who abruptly shook off Jiang Jianhua's hand: "Enough! Apologize to your elder brother and sister-in-law!"
Then he gave her a wink.
The two had been acting for so long that it was agreed that one would play the role and the other would play the part, but when Jiang Jianhua realized that his goal had not been achieved and he was going to take the blame again, he was very resentful.
Fu Yuanshan himself said he was sure he could find out the truth...
Jiang Jianhua trembled at his shout, tears welling in her eyes: "I did nothing wrong..."
"Nothing wrong?" Yu Xia finally regained her confidence: "You came to test me with peach shortbread, searched my house, and even slandered my man. You call that nothing wrong? If you don't apologize today, Mom is here, and I'll let Mom judge this!"
Fu Yuanzheng's face also darkened: "Either apologize, or we're going to the police station right now."
Looking at the couple's serious expressions and then at Yun Tangyin's ambiguous smile, Jiang Jianhua finally gave up and mumbled, "I'm sorry... I was just talking nonsense."
"I didn't hear you." Yu Xia raised her chin, showing such triumph in front of Jiang Jianhua for the first time: "Speak louder!"
"I'm so sorry!" Jiang Jianhua almost shouted. After shouting, he turned around and ran outside, almost bumping into the door frame.
Fu Yuanshan followed behind, and when he passed Yun Tangyin, he paused for a moment, but ultimately said nothing and walked away with his head down.
Song Yushuang sighed and told everyone to leave.
The room finally quieted down. Yu Xia slumped into a chair, and seeing that Yun Tangyin was still there, she immediately rushed over and grabbed Yun Tangyin's hand: "Yinyin, I really owe you a lot today... I... Come with me to the inner room, I want to tell you something!"
Yu Xia pulled Yun Tangyin into the house. Fu Yuanzheng didn't say anything, but poured water for the two of them.
Now that this incident has happened, Yu Xia has no intention of holding back any plans, since things have completely fallen apart.
Yu Xia could only stand on Yun Tangyin's side.
Yun Tangyin smiled slightly: "Sister-in-law, what do you want to say?"
Yu Xia didn't know if the mysteriously missing job posting was really related to Yun Tangyin, but she knew she had to show her loyalty now.
Yu Xia pursed her lips, her usually sharp eyes now showing a hint of nervousness: "Yinyin, to tell you the truth, I..."
She opened the wardrobe and pulled out a tightly wrapped handkerchief bag from the very bottom.
As the layers were opened, the jewelry inside was revealed: a ruby ring, a pearl necklace, and a pair of large gold enamel bracelets.
Yu Xia's hands were trembling: "This is jewelry I borrowed from my mother for my younger sister's wedding. I... I didn't mean to take it for myself, I just haven't had time to pay it back... Please don't misunderstand..."
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